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Scotch Village
Scotch Village, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Truro, Mile 9.86
- Next Station East: Mosherville
- Next Station West: Brooklyn
Facilities & Features
- Scotch Village Station
- Dresser Minerals Limited[1][2]
Description & History
The Scotch Village station was built under the Midland Railway (1898 - 1905) before the line was taken over by Dominion Atlantic Railway in 1905. There was a siding (~100m length) which was on the north side of the main line with the station in between the siding and mainline. The siding was used mostly for local freight traffic along with the freight shed.
The freight shed and the freight shed siding appear to have been removed in the 1960's based on a Wendell Lemon photo and was not listed in the Dominion Atlantic Railway 1969 Memorandum of General Information.
Some of the local freight is believed to have been farm equipment, lumber, and possibly produce & livestock. A local resident remembers that the train would bring in some box cars on it's afternoon/evening trips to Truro then the next morning on the way back to Windsor stop and pick up the box cars again.
Operations & Orders
Gallery
Scotch Village Station, thanks to Ken Ross for the photo, person is Dorthey Parker, date of photo unknown.
Train is heading West bound at Scotch Village on Aug 1, 1958 towards Windsor. Note the freight shed siding that was removed by 1969.
References & Footnotes
File:Scotch Village Train Station Master.pdf
